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Corporate taxation and the welfare state
Keuschnigg, Christian - 2009
The paper compares the impact of corporate taxation and social insurance on foreign direct investment (FDI) and unemployment. Four main results are derived: (i) the optimal size of the welfare state depends on the degree of risk-aversion and the unemployment rate as a measure of labor income...
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Tax policy reform and universal basic income effectiveness in a currency union : implications for long-term growth, inequality, and welfare
Kame Babilla, Thierry U. - In: Journal of government and economics : JGE 10 (2023), pp. 1-15
This paper aims to assess tax policy reforms that can sustain universal basic income programs and foster long-term growth and welfare in a currency union that faces fiscal rule constraints and inequality. To address this ongoing government and economics' debate, we developed a Dynamic Stochastic...
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Does delay cause decay? : the effect of administrative decision time on the labor force participation and earnings of disability applicants
Autor, David H.; Maestas, Nicole; Mullen, Kathleen J.; … - 2015
Disability Insurance (SSDI) applicants and distinguishes it from the discouragement effect of receiving disability benefits … differences in processing speed among disability examiners to whom applicants are randomly assigned, we find that longer … appealing their denials, previous estimates of the benefit receipt effect are confounded with the effect of delays on subsequent …
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Can Pro-Marriage Policies Work? An Analysis of Marginal Marriages
Frimmel, Wolfgang; Halla, Martin; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2012
Policies to promote marriage are controversial, and it is unclear whether they are successful. To analyze such policies, it is essential to distinguish between a marriage that is created by a marriage-promoting policy (marginal marriage) and a marriage that would have been formed even in the...
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Das persönliche Budget für Menschen mit Behinderungen: Evaluation der Umsetzung am Beispiel der Stadt Schwerin
Duberatz, Madleen - 2009
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An unconditional basic income in the family context: Labor supply and distributional effects
Horstschräer, Julia; Clauss, Markus; Schnabel, Reinhold - 2010
In this paper we estimate the effects of an unconditional basic income on labor supply and income distribution with a special focus on the incentives to work in the family context. An unconditional basic income guarantees every citizen a minimum income without any means-testing. We simulate a...
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Das Bedingungslose Grundeinkommen - ein tragfähiges Konzept?
Straubhaar, Thomas; Werner, Götz W.; Eichhorn, Wolfgang; … - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 93 (2013) 9, pp. 583-605
In der Schweiz betreibt eine Initiative aktuell ganz konkret einen Volksentscheid mit dem Ziel, ein bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen einzuführen. In Deutschland wird das Konzept lebhaft diskutiert. Allerdings wird seine Wirkung auf Beschäftigung, Besteuerung, Einkommensverteilung und die...
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Poverty alleviation and the degree of centralisation in European schemes of social assistance
Hölsch, Katja; Kraus, Margit - 2003
In this paper, the relationship between the degree of centralisation and the distributive outcomes in European schemes of social assistance is investigated. For this purpose, a scheme of classification suitable for grouping the EU15 schemes according to features related to centralisation is...
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Disentangling income inequality and the redistributive effect of taxes and transfers in 20 LIS countries over time
Caminada, Koen; Goudswaard, Kees; Wang, Chen - 2012
extent of redistribution has increased too. Tax-benefit systems have offset two-third of the average increase in primary … 1985-2005 for a subset of countries considered (with full tax/benefit information). Social assistance accounts for 20 … percent, and the benefits for sickness, disease, and disability account for around 13 percent of the total increase in …
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Income inequality and redistribution in post-industrial democracies: Demographic, economic, and political determinants
Huber, Evelyne; Stephens, John D. - 2013
This article analyzes the determinants of market income distribution and governmental redistribution. The dependent variables are LIS data on market income inequality (measured by the Gini index) for households with a head aged 25 to 59 and the percent reduction in the Gini index by taxes and...
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